Thomas returns to AFCS victory lane in 410s, Rando takes 1st AFCS 305 win

By Brian Liskai

ATTICA, Ohio – Cale Thomas has served notice to the 410 sprint car teams in the region. He and the Rudzik Excavating team are going to be a force to be reckoned with in 2026. The Fairland, Indiana driver drove to his seventh career feature win at Attica Raceway Park Friday, April 17 on Baumann Auto Group/7L Construction/Venture Visionary Partners Night.

Thomas, who started third in the 30 lap Callie’s Performance Products 410 Sprint feature, took the lead from Brandon Spithaler on lap six and despite a couple of cautions pulled away for the victory to kick off the All Pro Aluminum Cylinder Heads/Kistler Racing Products Attica Fremont Championship Series presented by the Baumann Auto Group season. Following Thomas to the checkers was 11^th starter Parker Price Miller, Bryce Lucius, Darin Naida and Jordan Ryan.

Friday’s win comes on the heels of Thomas and the Rudzik team winning the All Star Circuit of Champions owners title in 2025 and puts them on the radar to challenge for driver and team title in 2026.

“It was tricky tonight. Usually when you take the lead here you kind of know what’s going on. I took the lead and I was like what should I do. The top seemed like it could be good if someone was good. I could go anywhere but I felt like the line I was running the whole race was good. It’s so tough to win these races and this race was like an All Star race. Huge competition from AFCS and it was cool to see so many All Star teams here just trying to get better,” said Thomas beside his Rudzik Excavating, AL Drivelines, Centerline Boring, Smith Titanium backed #49x.

After an initial caution on the start, the Fremont Fence 305 Sprint feature went non-stop with Lindsey, Ohio’s Steve Rando dominating for his seventh career Attica win to kick off the Real Geese Decoys/Real Capz Attica Fremont Championship Series season. Defending Attica 305 sprint champion Seth Schneider, Logan Mongeau, John Ivy and JJ Henes rounded out the top five.

“I started out front and tried to maintain. I got through traffic pretty good. The car was damn good,” said Rando beside his Bill Tool & Machine, Davis Fabricators, Wolf Pack Tree Service, Attitudes Hair Salon, Triple L. Logistics, Pub 400, Gressman Powersports backed #19R.

Attica Raceway Park

Friday, April  17, 2026

410 Sprints – LiUNA Local 574

A Feature 1 (30 Laps): 1. 49X-Cale Thomas[3]; 2. 71-Parker Price Miller[11]; 3. 32-Bryce Lucius[7]; 4. 11N-Darin Naida[8]; 5. 25R-Jordan Ryan[4]; 6. 33W-Cap Henry[12]; 7. 19-TJ Michael[15]; 8. 22-Brandon Spithaler[1]; 9. 29-Zeth Sabo[19]; 10. 35-Stuart Brubaker[5]; 11. 3J-Trey Jacobs[20]; 12. 1-Nate Dussel[17]; 13. 15K-Creed Kemenah[21]; 14. 15C-Chris Andrews[16]; 15. 98-Ricky Peterson[14]; 16. 10RR-Brad Lamberson[13]; 17. 13-Van Gurley Jr[18]; 18. 45-Keith Sheffer[2]; 19. 101-Kalib Henry[9]; 20. 70-Henry Malcuit[10]; 21. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[22]; 22. 09-Craig Mintz[6]

Hoosier Tire B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1-Nate Dussel[1]; 2. 29-Zeth Sabo[2]; 3. 15K-Creed Kemenah[4]; 4. 3-DJ Foos[5]; 5. 14-Zane DeVault[8]; 6. 10BR-Jason Blonde[9]; 7. 5T-Travis Philo[3]; 8. 44-Aiden Price[6]; 9. 7M-Brandon Moore[10]; 10. 12-Tyler Capodice[11]; 11. 5-Kody Brewer[7]

Hoosier Tire B Feature 2 (8 Laps): 1. 13-Van Gurley Jr[2]; 2. 3J-Trey Jacobs[1]; 3. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[6]; 4. 5*-DJ Christie[3]; 5. 3X-John Jerich[7]; 6. 16-Gage Garcia[9]; 7. 22M-Dan McCarron[4]; 8. X-Mike Keegan[5]; 9. 2X-Gage Etgen[8]; 10. (DNS) 75-Jerry Dahms

Crown Battery Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 09-Craig Mintz[3]; 2. 101-Kalib Henry[2]; 3. 71-Parker Price Miller[4]; 4. 98-Ricky Peterson[5]; 5. 1-Nate Dussel[6]; 6. 5T-Travis Philo[7]; 7. 3-DJ Foos[8]; 8. 5-Kody Brewer[1]; 9. 10BR-Jason Blonde[9]; 10. 12-Tyler Capodice[10]

Terry Henricks Ford Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 22-Brandon Spithaler[2]; 2. 25R-Jordan Ryan[1]; 3. 33W-Cap Henry[3]; 4. 32-Bryce Lucius[4]; 5. 3J-Trey Jacobs[8]; 6. 5*-DJ Christie[6]; 7. X-Mike Keegan[9]; 8. 3X-John Jerich[7]; 9. 16-Gage Garcia[5]

LuINA 574 Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 70-Henry Malcuit[2]; 2. 49X-Cale Thomas[4]; 3. 10RR-Brad Lamberson[1]; 4. 19-TJ Michael[3]; 5. 29-Zeth Sabo[7]; 6. 15K-Creed Kemenah[5]; 7. 44-Aiden Price[6]; 8. 14-Zane DeVault[8]; 9. 7M-Brandon Moore[9]

Engler Machine & Tool Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 35-Stuart Brubaker[2]; 2. 45-Keith Sheffer[1]; 3. 11N-Darin Naida[4]; 4. 15C-Chris Andrews[3]; 5. 13-Van Gurley Jr[5]; 6. 22M-Dan McCarron[6]; 7. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr[9]; 8. 2X-Gage Etgen[8]; 9. 75-Jerry Dahms[7]

Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 71-Parker Price Miller, 13.147[8]; 2. 09-Craig Mintz, 13.358[7]; 3. 101-Kalib Henry, 13.456[5]; 4. 5-Kody Brewer, 13.461[10]; 5. 98-Ricky Peterson, 13.486[6]; 6. 1-Nate Dussel, 13.623[4]; 7. 5T-Travis Philo, 13.663[9]; 8. 3-DJ Foos, 13.792[1]; 9. 10BR-Jason Blonde, 14.424[3]; 10. 12-Tyler Capodice, 16.178[2]

Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 32-Bryce Lucius, 12.942[7]; 2. 33W-Cap Henry, 13.172[6]; 3. 22-Brandon Spithaler, 13.370[8]; 4. 25R-Jordan Ryan, 13.501[4]; 5. 16-Gage Garcia, 13.595[5]; 6. 5*-DJ Christie, 13.663[9]; 7. 3X-John Jerich, 13.664[1]; 8. 3J-Trey Jacobs, 13.691[2]; 9. X-Mike Keegan, 14.136[3]

Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 49X-Cale Thomas, 13.169[8]; 2. 19-TJ Michael, 13.225[4]; 3. 70-Henry Malcuit, 13.269[2]; 4. 10RR-Brad Lamberson, 13.323[9]; 5. 15K-Creed Kemenah, 13.331[6]; 6. 44-Aiden Price, 13.349[5]; 7. 29-Zeth Sabo, 13.385[1]; 8. 14-Zane DeVault, 13.488[7]; 9. 7M-Brandon Moore, 13.800[3]

Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 11N-Darin Naida, 13.099[4]; 2. 15C-Chris Andrews, 13.122[3]; 3. 35-Stuart Brubaker, 13.310[6]; 4. 45-Keith Sheffer, 13.547[7]; 5. 13-Van Gurley Jr, 13.558[9]; 6. 22M-Dan McCarron, 13.668[1]; 7. 75-Jerry Dahms, 13.933[5]; 8. 2X-Gage Etgen, 13.976[8]; 9. 21-Larry Kingseed Jr, 59.999[2]

305 Sprints – LuINA Local 574

A Feature 1 (25 Laps): 1. 19R-Steve Rando[1]; 2. 36-Seth Schneider[5]; 3. 3M-Logan Mongeau[2]; 4. 49I-John Ivy[9]; 5. 36J-JJ Henes[3]; 6. 8-Bryan Sebetto[7]; 7. 6-Dustin Dinan[18]; 8. 4M-Blayne Keckler[10]; 9. 1W-Paul Weaver[17]; 10. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr[12]; 11. 26-Jamie Miller[15]; 12. 13S-Drew Siferd[14]; 13. 2-Brenden Torok[8]; 14. X15-Kasey Ziebold[19]; 15. 09-Daniel Hoffman[11]; 16. 63-Randy Ruble[20]; 17. 0-Bradley Bateson[13]; 18. 11-Brayden Harrison[4]; 19. 319-Steve Watts[6]; 20. 78-Austin Black[21]; 21. 39M-Madden Merrill[22]; 22. 39T-Trevor St Clair[16]

Napa Auto Parts of Bryan B Feature 1 (8 Laps): 1. 1W-Paul Weaver[1]; 2. 6-Dustin Dinan[7]; 3. X15-Kasey Ziebold[3]; 4. 63-Randy Ruble[11]; 5. 78-Austin Black[10]; 6. 39M-Madden Merrill[6]; 7. 13M-Kael Mowrer[15]; 8. 14T-Tim Freeman[13]; 9. 26S-Lee Sommers[5]; 10. 55-Brice Sleek[4]; 11. 98-David Hoppes[8]; 12. 2T-Tony Alvarez[9]; 13. 18SR-Brian Razum[2]; 14. (DNS) 8K-Zach Kramer; 15. (DNS) 1S-James Saam; 16. (DNS) 37-Keith Whaley

Crown Battery Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 4M-Blayne Keckler[2]; 2. 2-Brenden Torok[1]; 3. 09-Daniel Hoffman[3]; 4. 19R-Steve Rando[4]; 5. 1W-Paul Weaver[8]; 6. 26S-Lee Sommers[5]; 7. 2T-Tony Alvarez[6]; 8. 14T-Tim Freeman[7]

Sandusky Bay Remodeling Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 49I-John Ivy[1]; 2. 11-Brayden Harrison[2]; 3. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr[4]; 4. 13S-Drew Siferd[7]; 5. 18SR-Brian Razum[3]; 6. 39M-Madden Merrill[5]; 7. 78-Austin Black[6]; 8. (DNS) 8K-Zach Kramer

Premier Planning Services Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 36J-JJ Henes[2]; 2. 8-Bryan Sebetto[3]; 3. 0-Bradley Bateson[1]; 4. 26-Jamie Miller[5]; 5. X15-Kasey Ziebold[4]; 6. 6-Dustin Dinan[7]; 7. 63-Randy Ruble[6]; 8. 13M-Kael Mowrer[8]

Fremont Fence Co Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 36-Seth Schneider[4]; 2. 3M-Logan Mongeau[1]; 3. 319-Steve Watts[3]; 4. 39T-Trevor St Clair[5]; 5. 55-Brice Sleek[2]; 6. 98-David Hoppes[6]; 7. (DNS) 37-Keith Whaley; 8. (DNS) 1S-James Saam

Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 19R-Steve Rando, 13.836[5]; 2. 09-Daniel Hoffman, 13.946[8]; 3. 4M-Blayne Keckler, 14.096[2]; 4. 2-Brenden Torok, 14.170[7]; 5. 26S-Lee Sommers, 14.389[4]; 6. 2T-Tony Alvarez, 14.506[1]; 7. 14T-Tim Freeman, 14.605[3]; 8. 1W-Paul Weaver, 14.683[6]

Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 5JR-Jimmy McGrath Jr, 13.974[1]; 2. 18SR-Brian Razum, 13.998[8]; 3. 11-Brayden Harrison, 14.000[5]; 4. 49I-John Ivy, 14.082[4]; 5. 39M-Madden Merrill, 14.145[6]; 6. 78-Austin Black, 14.295[2]; 7. 13S-Drew Siferd, 14.316[7]; 8. 8K-Zach Kramer, 14.427[3]

Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. X15-Kasey Ziebold, 13.814[8]; 2. 8-Bryan Sebetto, 13.946[4]; 3. 36J-JJ Henes, 13.976[2]; 4. 0-Bradley Bateson, 13.979[7]; 5. 26-Jamie Miller, 13.990[5]; 6. 63-Randy Ruble, 14.033[1]; 7. 6-Dustin Dinan, 14.056[3]; 8. 13M-Kael Mowrer, 14.377[6]

Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 36-Seth Schneider, 13.720[7]; 2. 319-Steve Watts, 13.851[5]; 3. 55-Brice Sleek, 14.282[3]; 4. 3M-Logan Mongeau, 14.316[8]; 5. 39T-Trevor St Clair, 14.404[6]; 6. 98-David Hoppes, 14.534[4]; 7. 37-Keith Whaley, 59.999[1]; 8. 1S-James